Course Grading
Course grading will proceed in compliance with University policy as given in Article 3, Part 1 of the Student Code.
Gradebook
You will be able to view your grades on all components of the course using the Blackboard Grade Center. Check that your grades are correctly entered in it.
Any discrepancies found in your grades should be brought to the attention of your section TA as soon as you can, within 2 weeks.
Grading
Your final grade for Physics 214 will be based upon your total score on all the components of the course. The total possible score is 1000 points.
Course component | Number of assignments | Number dropped per semester | Maximum points per semester |
---|---|---|---|
Checkpoints | 12 | 2 | 25 |
Lecture (participation) | 14 | 2 | 25 |
Homework | 12 | 0 | 150 |
Discussions | 7 | 1 | 150 |
Labs | 4 | 0 | 150 |
Biweekly mid-term exams | 2 | 0 | 200 |
Final exam | 1 | 0 | 300 |
Bonus Points: 3 points
You will have an opportunity to earn up to 3 bonus points via the following activities.
- 1 end of course survey
Bonus points will be added on top of the total sum of points you earn in this course when calculating your final score at the end of the semester.
EX and ABS scores
Any EX scores you may be assigned in the grade will become the
average of the non-EX scores you may have for an certain assignment type
during the final grade calculation. For example, if there are 10
homework assignments setup for your course, and you have two EX scores,
100% for seven of your homework scores and 0% for one of your homework
scores, those two EXs should evaluate to 87.5% each. So your final
homework scores used in the final calculation should be:
0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 87.5% 87.5%
Only during the final calculation are the lowest scores dropped; the
dropping of lowest scores is not part of calculating EX scores.
Any ABS scores will be treated like a 0 score during final grade calculations.
Please be sure to familiarize yourself with the attendance policy for this course.
Final Grade
The following table will be used to assign final grades.
Letter | Range |
---|---|
A+ | 1000 - 950 |
A | 949.99 - 920 |
A- | 919.99 - 900 |
B+ | 899.99 - 880 |
B | 879.99 - 860 |
B- | 859.99 - 835 |
C+ | 834.99 - 810 |
C | 809.99 - 780 |
C- | 779.99 - 750 |
D+ | 749.99 - 720 |
D | 719.99 - 690 |
D- | 689.99 - 610 |
F | 609.99 - 0 |